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Let's jump right in and get to the most important news of the newsletter. It's time for the Summer Color Giveaway! Visit the blog every day next week (Monday - Saturday) to enter to win one of the 6 prize packages. Each day is a different color theme and each giveaway is going to feature great products from Mistyfuse! In my experience Mistyfuse it the very best fusible on the market so you are going to have 6 opportunities to give it a try.

You can host a giveaway too if you want. There will be a link up on Monday where you can link up your own giveaway.

Wild Black Cherry Shades

Summer Sunset Gradient

Ottosen 3 yards

Pine Forest Gradient

Shop News - June Shipping Schedule

I've added a lot of new fabric to the shop in the past month. The eight featured here are only a few. Check them all out in the shop.

I'm going to be taking some time off from dyeing this month to spend some crafty time with friends so there's an adjusted dyeing and shipping schedule this month:

Custom orders (including Shades Packs) placed between May 28 and June 15 will be shipped June 23. Custom orders placed June 16 – July 7 will be shipped July 13.

Shipping schedule for all other orders (Gradients, Stash Packs, Shibori, Yards): Orders placed June 4 – 12 will be shipped June 13. Orders placed June 28 – July 5 will be shipped July 6.

Good Earth Stash Pack

Tatsuno shibori

Nishiwaki shibori

Marion 1 yard

What's Going On

Check out the progress and participation in all of these 2015 events. Join in at any time!

I have 2 Big Dream projects. The mosaic wall is moving along well and I'm really happy with the progress so far. But what I'm learning is that I can't do two big projects as once. I'm going to have to focus on the mosaic and get that done and then start the symmetry project later. I am OK with that. Getting one big dream project done is a great accomplishment on it's own! The link up for the Big Dream project is here.

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Here's the May link up post for Working In a Series. I am learning so much with my shibori series and the deadline is great motivation.

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The May linkup is up today. I didn't finish anything new in May but, thanks to this effort to keep track, I didn't start anything new either!

Tip - On Entering Quilts in Shows

It might not be a "tip" because I'm no expert on entering quilt shows, but I did enter a quilt recently solely to receive feedback on the quality of my work. You can read all about what I learned and my thoughts on it on the blog.

Customer Gallery

Have you made anything from fabrics that you have purchased from me? If so, you have an opportunity to win your own personal 25% discount code on non-sale items for shopping in my shop! I have a Flickr group for customers to share photos of completed projects made with my fabrics. You are welcome to share any projects in process as well but only completed projects are entered into the drawing. Each month I draw a winner from the entries for that month. The winner receives a personal 90-day 25% discount for shop purchases.The winner will be announced here in the newsletter each month. You can see all of the customer projects in the Flickr Group. All other entries for the month will receive a 30-day 15% discount!

This month's featured customer project is from PK Solberg and her timing couldn't be more perfect! She used fabric that she won in my Spring Cleaning Giveaway. She won a collection of my "waste" fabrics that I personally hoard and don't sell. I do give them away from time to time and PK made the most of my "waste"!

PK wins the 25% 3-month discount. Be sure to check out the other great projects submitted by customers and add yours for a chance to win the discount next month.

I'm Sponsoring

Check out these projects that I'm sponsoring this year.

Fat Quarter Drawing

Each month I draw the email names of 5 current newsletter subscribers and post them here. As a subscriber you are automatically entered. If your email name is listed below Email me with your name and address and I will send you a free fat quarter of hand dyed fabric. I will not be sending any notification beyond this so if you miss it you miss the free fabric. You also must contact me from the listed email address.

The winners of this month's free fat quarters are:

msfab14@_____.com

bgjude@_____.net

tiacarminhapezzuto@_____.com

karen@soap_____.com

goldwinglvr@_____.com

Inspiration

Quilt inspiration is everywhere and quilts inspire lots of other art. Artist Javier de Riba creates beautiful quilt patterns on floors of buildings only he uses paint and stencils. Check them out on his website.

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